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Nemi Studies
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result was the unearthing of Tiberius’ left hand
and part of the himation. A most instructive
glimpse of the culture and finances of that time!
The same exedra as the Tiberius statue produced
a fine marble head which several years ago I re-
cognized as Germanicus (fig. 16) (76). The shape
of the lower neck is evidence that this head too
was part of a statue, presumably one of a type simi-
lar to the Tiberius statue; and as the Ny Carls-
berg Glyptotek actually possesses a statue of the
requisite form and clearly enough of the same
period (77), as witness the fine workmanship,
acquired in 1897 from Prince Orsini in Rome
and in all probability taken from Nemi, I had the
modern plaster head of Caesar removed from the
statue in order to see whether the Germanicus
head No. 644 would fit the neck cavity; unfortun-
ately, this proved not to be the case.
On the other hand, in Nottingham there is a
Fig. 16. Germanicus from Nemi.
Ny Carlsberg 644.
third piece which, according to incontestible evidence, was found in the
exedra, a round plinth with the inscription (fig. 17) (78):
M. IVLIVS. M. F. M. ACCOLEIVS
M. F. AED. D. S. S.
(Marcus Julius, Marci filius, Marcus Accoleius, Marci filius, aediles de senatus
sententia).
Thus it would seem that Aricia’s two aediles dedicated something in the
name of the Aricine Senate, and this can be no other than the statue whose
plinth has left light-coloured traces on the top of the socle. But as the plinth
of the Tiberius statue is in fragments, and the Germanicus statue is lost
(76) Ny Carlsberg 644. Fr. Poulsen,
Rom. Privatportrats und Prinzenbildnisse, p. 44f
and figg. 61-63 (with earlier literature).
(77) A> Carlsberg 52g.
(78) Wallis, No. 829. C. I. L., XIV.
4196. Height 0.136 m; Diam. 0.66 m.
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J9
result was the unearthing of Tiberius’ left hand
and part of the himation. A most instructive
glimpse of the culture and finances of that time!
The same exedra as the Tiberius statue produced
a fine marble head which several years ago I re-
cognized as Germanicus (fig. 16) (76). The shape
of the lower neck is evidence that this head too
was part of a statue, presumably one of a type simi-
lar to the Tiberius statue; and as the Ny Carls-
berg Glyptotek actually possesses a statue of the
requisite form and clearly enough of the same
period (77), as witness the fine workmanship,
acquired in 1897 from Prince Orsini in Rome
and in all probability taken from Nemi, I had the
modern plaster head of Caesar removed from the
statue in order to see whether the Germanicus
head No. 644 would fit the neck cavity; unfortun-
ately, this proved not to be the case.
On the other hand, in Nottingham there is a
Fig. 16. Germanicus from Nemi.
Ny Carlsberg 644.
third piece which, according to incontestible evidence, was found in the
exedra, a round plinth with the inscription (fig. 17) (78):
M. IVLIVS. M. F. M. ACCOLEIVS
M. F. AED. D. S. S.
(Marcus Julius, Marci filius, Marcus Accoleius, Marci filius, aediles de senatus
sententia).
Thus it would seem that Aricia’s two aediles dedicated something in the
name of the Aricine Senate, and this can be no other than the statue whose
plinth has left light-coloured traces on the top of the socle. But as the plinth
of the Tiberius statue is in fragments, and the Germanicus statue is lost
(76) Ny Carlsberg 644. Fr. Poulsen,
Rom. Privatportrats und Prinzenbildnisse, p. 44f
and figg. 61-63 (with earlier literature).
(77) A> Carlsberg 52g.
(78) Wallis, No. 829. C. I. L., XIV.
4196. Height 0.136 m; Diam. 0.66 m.
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